仓 (cāng) — (bound form) storehouse; warehouse

Definition

仓 is a bound form (黏着语素) meaning 'storehouse' or 'warehouse'. It cannot stand alone as a word; you must combine it with another character to form a compound, such as 仓库 (cāngkù, warehouse), 粮仓 (liángcāng, granary), or 仓房 (cāngfáng, storeroom). In some compounds like 仓促 (cāngcù, hurried) it carries a different meaning, but the core sense is storage.

b.f.

(bound form) storehousewarehouse

Examples

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Zhège cāng kù hěn dà.
This warehouse is very big.
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Nóngmín bǎ liángshi fàng jìn liáng cāng.
Farmers put grain into the granary.
仓。
Tāmen bǎ jiù cāng fáng gǎi chéng le bàngōngshì.
They turned the old storeroom into an office.

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